Associate Vice President, Business Group Finance

Agilent Technologies

AVP, Business Group Finance at Agilent Technologies providing strategic financial leadership in a $3Bn segment. Overseeing financial performance and advising senior management in a matrixed environment.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $205,280 - $384,900 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves as the senior finance leader and primary financial advisor to the Group President, providing strategic counsel and representing Finance on the Group Executive Leadership Team.
Owns end-to-end financial performance for the Business Group, with accountability for revenue growth, recurring revenue expansion, margin improvement, operating expense productivity and delivery of financial commitments.
Leads group-level planning processes, including annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plans, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives, growth priorities and capital allocation frameworks.
Oversees financial integration across Commercial Finance, Operations Finance, Capital Allocation & Investments Finance and functional expense owners to deliver a cohesive and aligned Group financial view.
Provides advanced financial leadership on complex, high-impact issues: including pricing strategy, recurring revenue business models, customer profitability, restructuring, cost transformation, cross-division trade-offs, capital allocation and strategic investment cases.
Acts as the senior escalation point for divisional finance teams on matters requiring additional capacity, judgment or expertise.
Ensure consistency, rigor and enterprise alignment across the organization.
Directs oversight of revenue forecasting, renewal and retention assumptions, operating expense, headcount planning and profitability performance.
Validate the quality and reasonableness of underlying business drivers.
Leads financial evaluation and decision support for major capital allocation priorities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field required.
MBA, CPA, CFA or other advanced finance credential preferred
10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience within complex, global organizations with significant business partnering responsibilities
Demonstrated success advising senior business leaders on strategy, performance management, investment decisions and resource allocation while driving delivery of financial commitments
Deep expertise in FP&A, business performance management, financial modeling, and translating financial outcomes into actionable business insights.
Proven experience leading annual operating plans, forecasting, long-range planning and enterprise performance management processes.
Strong track record evaluating complex business decisions: pricing, productivity initiatives, capital allocation, portfolio optimization, M&A and strategic investments.
Experience leading cross-functional and matrixed organizations; influencing outcomes across commercial, operational, and finance stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to build and develop high-performing finance teams and future finance leaders.
Exceptional executive communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership and drive alignment across the enterprise.
Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives and change programs; aligning stakeholders across functions to deliver measurable business and financial outcomes.
Experience supporting recurring revenue business models: software, services, subscriptions, consumables or other customer lifecycle-based businesses.
Understanding of retention, pricing, customer profitability and revenue growth drivers.
Experience with R&D investment planning, new product introductions, portfolio management, and product lifecycle economics, including assessment of investment returns and strategic growth opportunities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Eligibility for bonus
Stock options
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial performancerevenue growthrecurring revenue expansionmargin improvementoperating expense productivityfinancial modelingFP&Abusiness performance managementcapital allocationpricing strategy

Soft Skills

strategic counselleadershipstakeholder managementcommunicationinfluencing outcomesteam developmentpresentation skillsperformance managementalignmentchange management

Certifications

MBACPACFA